quotations about relaxation
Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
"Relax"
The pleasure of relaxation is known to those only who have regular and interesting employment. Continued relaxation soon becomes a weariness; and on this ground we may safely assert that the greatest degree of real enjoyment belongs, not to the luxurious man of wealth, or the listless votary of fashion, but the middle classes of society.
ABERCROMBIE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Taking a break. Been working solid for the last few hours, as opposed to working liquid, which is more drinkable. Can I pour you a glass of productivity?
JAROD KINTZ
This Book is Not For Sale
Relaxation is at times allowable; but we must enjoy it as we do sleep and other kinds of repose, when we have performed the weighty and important affairs of business.
CICERO
attributed, Day's Collacon
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
journal, February 11, 1840
You have enough. You do enough. You are enough. Relax.
ANONYMOUS
Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body.
SIMONE ELKELES
Return to Paradise
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
CHINESE PROVERB
Relaxation is often taught as a mechanical health chore, something done at the clinic (yoga center, gym, health class) and left behind.... I suggest that relaxation can be much more, a journey into inner space with potential for adventure and discovery.
JONATHAN C. SMITH
ABC Relaxation Training: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals
Success ... was often a matter of knowing when to relax.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Being Elizabeth
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
ANATOLE FRANCE
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
The gift of relaxation is always a welcomed one.
ERICA CORSANO
"Presents that show her the love", Boston Herald, February 11, 2016
It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.
PAULO COELHO
The Pilgrimage
The paradox of relaxation is the renewal of mind; rekindle of spirit and revitalize of strength.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
Think Great: Be Great!
Relaxation is every mastermind's life hack.
SOFIA KATSALI
"12 Ways To Be More Productive That Actually Work", Huffington Post, February 10, 2016
Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster á la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
O. HENRY
"The Social Triangle"
Rest and your energy will be restored.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
Think Great: Be Great!
Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity; animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their pastimes, their sports, their diversions. The toil-worn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.
HORACE GREELEY
attributed, Day's Collacon
Many a man finds his office a good place to relax from his strenuous home life.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
I can find relaxation in everything, from tossing a cricket-ball to negotiating a treaty with the emperor of China.
SIR JOHN MALCOLM
The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir John Malcolm